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    her‚ she can win the wars between herself and the world. But finally she was lost. She was lost to the world. Just as the end of the story. She caught the disease and died. The last time she met winterbourne‚ he told she that if she going round at night again‚ she’ll catch the disease. She answered” I never was sick‚ and I don’t care to get the roman fever.” She is so confident and fearless‚ but that time the walls in her heart have already collapsed. PS: I really like this story very much‚ how

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    Analyzing Night Wiesel’s choice of diction in a passage from his devastating novel‚ Night‚ reveals his tone towards joy and celebration during the hopeless times of the Holocaust. By using the word “mirage‚” he has implied that the Jewish inhabitants of the concentration camp have created an internal fantasy where things are improved and a positive aura resides. Holidays are meant to be a time of happiness; therefore‚ Wiesel uses a word with a positive connotation to highlight that for us. Furthermore

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    and especially anyone who was Jewish. The people who Hitler hated were taken to places called concentration camp where they would almost certainly meet their demise unless they were rescued by the Americans or the Soviets. In the novel Night by Elie WieselWiesel explains‚ and illustrates his struggles in the infamous‚ Auschwitz‚ which was the most inferior concentration camp. The Holocaust was a terrible time for mankind‚ the Jews‚ and the people who Hitler did not see as “perfect.” People were

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    Night by Elie Wiesel was a strong piece of writing‚ putting the reader through the struggles of a father and son going through the evils of the holocaust. Eliezer‚ the main character‚ survives the turmoil‚ but unfortunately his father does not. His father makes it through most of the hardships and arrives in Buchenwald‚ where he dies from both physical abuse and dysentery. Eliezer was in the bunk right above his father when he was aggressively beaten the night he had died. Eliezer‚ fearful that he

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    the book Night‚ by Elie Wiesel‚ is questionable. Some say it is non-fiction‚ others historical fiction‚ and yet others complete fiction. I believe that this book is non-fiction‚ though with a few indiscretions on account of the fact that he wrote the book ten years after he experienced the events. One reason for this belief is the way Wiesel writes the book. A second is how he brings humanity into the characters in the book making them much more believable. Reason three is the way Wiesel so bluntly

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    vastly between the two authors. Night is a work by Elie Wiesel about his experience with his father in the Nazi Germany concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald in 1944–1945 (Night book.). Elie became motivated to write this novel because he felt he was obligated to share the gruesome experiences felt by Jews during that time period. Many scholars agree that “Elie Wiesel wrote the book "Night" as a memoir of his experiences as a Jew during the Holocaust. He calls himself a "messenger

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    feeling to have since hatred only leads to more hatred. In the memoir NightWiesel shares his story about his life in concentration camps‚ and how hard it was to obtain survival during World War II. Throughout the memoir‚ Wiesel develops hatred towards God for the genocide of Jews‚ and this hatred “consumes” his faith for God. Despite the fact that many may claim Eliezer’s changing views of God did not affect his identity‚ Wiesel portrays how he begins to morph as his perspective of God changes throughout

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    true answers‚ Eliezer‚ only within yourself!" (Wiesel 2-3) In the beginning‚ before the Jews of Sighet were evacuated Elie was very devout. During the day‚ he studied the Talmud and at night he ran to weep over the destruction of the temple. One day‚ Elie came home and asked his father to find him a Master to teach him the cabbala even though he was much too young to learn it‚ soon he found Moshe the poor man and he taught Elie the cabbala. (Wiesel 1-3) One day

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    The novel‚ “Night”‚ by Elie Wiesel is a memoir that describes that struggles that Elie had to face as a young Jewish teen during the holocaust. Throughout the narrative‚ the author displays the terror that he faces when abruptly taken from half of his family and after going through two ghettos and then quickly being brought over to concentration camps. Many of the characters struggle with the deplorable conditions‚ the physical and mental abuse‚ and lack of faith in God while in the concentration

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    risk by aiding those who felt a large disadvantage on the bottom of a hierarchy. At her young age Alice’s emotionally maturity helped her to understand the benefits of change and accept it wholeheartedly. But the misconceptions that came from the innocence of her youth caused her to misinterpret the situations she faced and therefore make childish decisions. But Alice also stood up to the hierarchy of Wonderland and put herself at risk due to pure kindness.The author leaves an image of Alice with a

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